Multi-vendor library to simplify Paramiko SSH connections to network devices

Python 2.7, 3.5, 3.6

Paramiko >= 2
scp >= 0.10.0
pyyaml
pyserial
textfsm

Arista vEOS
Cisco ASA
Cisco IOS
Cisco IOS-XE
Cisco IOS-XR
Cisco NX-OS
Cisco SG300
HP Comware7
HP ProCurve
Juniper Junos
Linux

Alcatel AOS6/AOS8
Apresia Systems AEOS
Avaya ERS
Avaya VSP
Brocade VDX
Brocade MLX/NetIron
Calix B6
Cisco WLC
Dell OS10
Dell-Force10
Dell PowerConnect
Huawei
Mellanox
NetApp cDOT
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Pluribus
Ruckus ICX/FastIron
Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch
Vyatta VyOS

A10
Accedian
Aruba
Ciena SAOS
Citrix Netscaler
Cisco Telepresence
Check Point GAiA
Coriant
Dell EMC Isilon
Eltex
Enterasys
Extreme EXOS
Extreme Wing
F5 LTM
Fortinet
MRV Communications OptiSwitch
Nokia/Alcatel SR-OS
QuantaMesh

https://pynet.twb-tech.com/blog/automation/netmiko.html

https://pynet.twb-tech.com/blog/automation/netmiko-scp.html

https://pynet.twb-tech.com/blog/automation/netmiko-proxy.html

https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko/blob/develop/COMMON_ISSUES.md

http://netmiko.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html

Supported device_types can be found here, see CLASS_MAPPER keys.

from netmiko import ConnectHandler cisco_881 = { 'device_type': 'cisco_ios', 'ip': '10.10.10.10', 'username': 'test', 'password': 'password', 'port' : 8022, # optional, defaults to 22 'secret': 'secret', # optional, defaults to '' 'verbose': False, # optional, defaults to False }

net_connect = ConnectHandler(**cisco_881)

output = net_connect.send_command('show ip int brief') print(output)

Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol FastEthernet0 unassigned YES unset down down FastEthernet1 unassigned YES unset down down FastEthernet2 unassigned YES unset down down FastEthernet3 unassigned YES unset down down FastEthernet4 10.10.10.10 YES manual up up Vlan1 unassigned YES unset down down 

config_commands = [ 'logging buffered 20000', 'logging buffered 20010', 'no logging console' ] output = net_connect.send_config_set(config_commands) print(output)

pynet-rtr1#config term Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. pynet-rtr1(config)#logging buffered 20000 pynet-rtr1(config)#logging buffered 20010 pynet-rtr1(config)#no logging console pynet-rtr1(config)#end pynet-rtr1# 

If you find an issue with Netmiko, then you can open an issue on this projects issue page here: https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko/issues

If you have questions or would like to discuss Netmiko, a Netmiko channel exists on this Slack team. To join, visit this url and request access to the Slack team. Once access is granted you can join the #netmiko channel.

Kirk Byers
Python for Network Engineers
https://pynet.twb-tech.com